This portrait is created entirely from torn magazine clippings and printed material, carefully arranged to form a fragmented yet expressive image. The piece explores ideas of identity and media, using layers of text, colour and texture to build a face that feels both familiar and constructed.
Every scrap contributes to the figure’s features, blending bold patterns with recognisable words and images. The use of found material invites viewers to reflect on how identity can be shaped by what we see, read and consume in everyday life.
The collage invites close inspection, encouraging the viewer to move between surface detail and overall composition. It is both a portrait and a reflection on the culture that surrounds us, made with materials that would usually be thrown away.
This portrait continues the exploration of identity through found material, using torn advertisements, packaging and catalogues to construct a striking figure. The fragmented layering of text and imagery forms a sense of personality that is both bold and elusive.
Glasses, hands and facial features are shaped from clashing colours and overlapping textures, giving the piece a sense of depth and movement. The subject emerges from the chaos of commercial messaging, suggesting a quiet resistance to being fully defined.
By using discarded materials, the work reflects on how people are often seen through the lens of branding and mass media. It challenges viewers to look closer, to find character and individuality among the noise of modern consumer culture.
This piece speaks to the act of piecing oneself together from the world around us – and how even throwaway items can reveal something human.
This portrait continues the exploration of identity through found material, using torn advertisements, packaging and catalogues to construct a striking figure. The fragmented layering of text and imagery forms a sense of personality that is both bold and elusive.
Glasses, hands and facial features are shaped from clashing colours and overlapping textures, giving the piece a sense of depth and movement. The subject emerges from the chaos of commercial messaging, suggesting a quiet resistance to being fully defined.
By using discarded materials, the work reflects on how people are often seen through the lens of branding and mass media. It challenges viewers to look closer, to find character and individuality among the noise of modern consumer culture.
This piece speaks to the act of piecing oneself together from the world around us – and how even throwaway items can reveal something human.
This energetic and text-heavy collage draws attention to the language of advertising and the overload of modern media. Layers of packaging, print and cardboard are cut and arranged into a chaotic yet deliberate composition, filled with brand names, product slogans and fragments of lifestyle imagery.
Unlike a portrait, this piece focuses on the noise of the world rather than the individual. The work feels like a visual scroll through a magazine rack or a city street – full of competing messages, contradictions and bright demands for attention.
Phrases like “CLEVER!”, “JUICED” and “Picture perfect” jump out, but lose meaning when viewed alongside torn edges, obscured images and mismatched contexts. Among the loudness, subtle elements like flowers and handwritten marks offer a contrast and hint at something softer beneath the surface.
This collage questions what we notice, what we ignore, and how visual culture shapes our understanding of value, identity and desire.
